Our Vision / Mission

Vision

We want to be the leading organization in knowledge management and knowledge technologies in Austria. We want to be among the leading industry-based and application-oriented research institutions in knowledge management and knowledge technologies in Europe.

Mission

  • We improve the competitiveness of our partner companies and our customers by bridging the gap between science and industry and by transferring scientific results to provide true innovation.
  • We stimulate new research topics in the field of knowledge-based systems and applications which result from open questions in industry.
  • We help organizations to manage their knowledge assets and turn them into business advantages by developing and applying methodologies for the implementation of knowledge management, eLearning and knowledge discovery solutions.
  • We promote the knowledge transfer and community building between science and industry with our annual conference i-KNOW.
  • We disseminate latest scientific results in our competence areas and network with international renowned scientific groups by publishing our journal J.UCS (www.jucs.org).
  • We contribute to increase the level of qualification in Styria by building up human resources who are highly qualified for both, science and industry.